Ward Campout

Who is that ghost?That is Kendra and Mattie under an net to try to keep the pesky little bugs away.
This is Kyra all tucked in the mom and dads sleeping bag fast asleep.
This is Ethan sleeping with his pillow on his head. The Pillow must have kept his head warm.
Dad cuddling with the kids first thing in the morning. They are so cute!
We tried to go on a hike but we couldn't find a good trail to take. We ended up just going for a little walk and spent most of the time playing with the sling shot that David brought along.Ethan and his new friend had fun taking turns trying to hit a water bottle or just any thing. David was actually a pretty good shot I was impressed. It was fun to see the dads having fun with their boys.




David got this one out of Ethan's book. When we go on our Sunday walks Ethan always picks me a couple of wild flowers and I tell him how nice that was and how romantical he is. David then tries to make up by pick me a flower, but it's not the same because he didn't think of it first. On Friday night after dinner David and Kyra went out for a hike and came back with a cute little bouquet of flowers for me. I loved them, Kyra loved them, and another girl from the ward took them home.

Cool, a Parade.

I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, YOU SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM; REPEAT, BECAUSE IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT!!!

It's something you only dream about, but Saturday that dream came true. All you can eat ice cream at the scoop jam in Idaho falls. Yep, we made our self sick on the ice cream. They had Reed's dairy, Cold Stone, Farr's, Leatherby's, Sub-zero(ice cream made with liquid nitrogen), and Sarah's candy cottage. They also had live music, jumping houses, eating contest, and face painting. It was a fun time and good eats. Ethan got in Sunday's newspaper; front page of the west section, FULL COLOR!(See photo above) We even gave in and let little Mattie Lynn have a bite.

Ethan's First Soccer Practice.

Ethan had his first soccer practice today. There are 3 Boys and 3 girls on his team. We learned that they have 4 kids playing from each team at a time during the games. There is no goalie, no score and no rules. Well that's how the coach looks at it. It was a fun practice. The kids all listen for about 15 minutes and then the practice went a little crazy. What can you expect from four year olds? Most of the fun was in the days leading up to the practice because Ethan was so excited to go. He told everybody we met that day he was going to soccer practice. He ran thru Wal-Mart screaming about how he was getting soccer sock for soccer practice. He also listened better when the option of not going to soccer was placed before him. It should be a fun summer buzzy with soccer.

Stunt Man Extraordinaire

This is out little stunt man extraordinaire! We just thought he was getting ready to ride his bike, but Ethan had his sights on something bigger, faster, and Louder. He was going to drive our John Deere lawn tractor. He was successful for about 6 feet as he headed strait for the back of our van. Luckily we got it stopped before he did any damage. Normally we take the key out just for that reason, but I think Ethan had this one planned out. Our neighbors were using the tractor to move our grass clippings to their yard, and when our neighbor came back to get more clippings she got off for a second then Ethan jumped on and took off. What a goofy kid.

The Snake Park with the Hedges.

Well as most of you know we have new neighbors! Ethan has made sure that we have become good friends. He wakes up each morning and says can I go to Remi's now? Very often he just run over with out asking. He spends so much time there he might as well live with them. I Don't feel so bad any more because Keller their son has started to do the same with us. He love to come play in the basement. The other day we decided to go to the park in Idaho Falls. We all enjoyed playing at the park. the pictures below are Remi and Ethan then Keller and Kyra and the bottom one is Jack. It is so nice that they all get along so well.

Mesa Falls

Finally the snow is gone and the weather is better so we have decided to start exploring the terrain around Rigby. Plus we have 9:00 o'clock church and needed away to subdue the wild animals that live in our house. We have found Sunday afternoon drives do the trick. A couple of weeks ago we drove up to Palisades Reservoir, but first we stopped off at Palisades creek camp ground to have a picnic. When we got there we noticed there was a hiking trail so after lunch we went for a short hike. We are very regretful that we didn't have a camera because there was a cool water fall and some neat looking cliffs. We soon realized we were very unprepared for a hike and turned back to the car. Ethan was very distraught for he wanted to hike further down the trail. As we continued toward the car we gave Ethan a lesson on how we were very unprepared for a hike and gave him an equipment list of what we need to be more prepared.
Sunday May 31, we set out to see the lower Mesa Falls just North of Ashton. We thought we were more prepared this week, but we were wrong. We forgot the insect repellent and the mosquitoes were very thick they about carried Kyra off. We went down to the falls had some nice lady take a picture and ran back to the car. Then as we were ready to leave I looked at the camera and notice the nice lady didn't get the falls in the picture so I ran down to the falls and snapped a picture to prove that we were actually at Mesa falls. The drive was very beautiful and the kids had fun too. Next time we will have the bug spray ready.

"Good friends"

I have got to give my good cousins The Rileys a little shout out for giving such awesome parties/wedding receptions in their backyard.
Deacon and Ethan had a blast catching up on being best buddies from when Deacon lived in Boise. I think both were glad to have somebody to graple with.
The great thing about wedding receptions is that you get to catch up with family and have fun hanging out with them it was cool.

10 thousound square foot of sod

Our sod arrived Thursday around 5:oo we were able to start laying it around 6:00 or 6:30. We were thankful for some great neighbors who saw we could use some help and came to the rescue. we had the front yard done by about 8:30. I can't believe how nice it looks to have grass! I have also been able to get some flower in. It is starting to look great.

Getting ready for the sod was a lot of work. All the piles are rock that we raked up. It took us all day Friday to get the sod laid in the back. David started about 5:30 and I made it out of bed at 6:30. We worked all day OK so it was about 12:00 when we called it a night. We are very excited to have grass. The kids are already having lots of fun running and playing on it. Thanks again to all who have helped in the process of helping us make this rockie ground ready for grass.

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Ethans Mohawk

Ethan hates to have his hair washed, but it was so long and stinky so I had to find a way to make it cool to have his hair washed and the Mohawk happened.

Ethan thought the bath tub Mohawk was so cool I used hair glue to make him a real Mohawk. Now he can't say I never let him do any, but missionary hair cut with his hair. Ethan thought he was such a 'COOL DUDE!' with his hair due and a 'TOUGH GUY'. He is giving me his tough guy look.
The funniest thing was every time Ethan walked past anything reflective we would stop and slick up his Mohawk. I thought 'what a greaser'. He was such a little Fonzie.